1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

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by  Charles Mann

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THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK
PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
Copyright © 2011 by Charles C. Mann
All rights reserved. Published in the
United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a
division of Random House, Inc., New
York, and in Canada by Random House of
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Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon
are registered trademarks of Random
House, Inc.
The author gratefully acknowledges the
support of the Lannan Foundation.
Portions of this book have appeared in
different form in The Atlantic, National
Geographic, Orion, and Science.
Maps created by Nick Springer and Tracy
Pollock, Springer Cartographics LLC;
copyright © by 2011 Charles C. Mann
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-
Publication Data
Mann, Charles C.
1493 : uncovering the new world
Columbus created / Charles C. Mann. —
1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and
index.
eISBN: 978-0-307-59672-7
1. History, Modern. 2. Economic history.
3. Commerce—History. 4. Agriculture—
History. 5. Ecology—History. 6.
Industrial revolution. 7. Slave trade—
History. 8. America—Discovery and
exploration—Economic aspects. 9.
America—Discovery and exploration—
Environmental aspects. 10. Columbus,
Christopher—Influence. I. Title.
D228.M36 2011
909’.4—dc22 2011003408
Front-of-jacket image: De Español y Negra,
Mulato, attributed to José de Alcibar, c.
1760. Denver Art Museum, Collection of
Frederick and Jan Mayer.
Photo © James O. Milmoe.
Jacket design by Abby Weintraub
v3.1
To the woman who built my
house,
and is my home
—CCM
CONTENTS
Cover
Map
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
List of Maps
Prologue
/ In the
INTRODUCTION
Homogenocene
1. Two Monuments
/ Atlantic
PART ONE
Journeys
2. The Tobacco Coast
3. Evil Air
/ Pacific
PART TWO
Journeys
4. Shiploads of Money
(Silk for Silver, Part One)
5. Lovesick Grass,
Foreign Tubers, and
Jade Rice (Silk for
Silver, Part Two)
/ Europe in
PART THREE
the World
6. The Agro-Industrial
Complex
7. Black Gold